Shim Mina (심미나, born on December 10, 1972), simply known as Mina, is a Korean singer who was first a back-dancer for various Korean Pop Artists (Park Jin-Young, and Park Ji-Yoon to name a few). She initially found instant fame as the "World Cup Girl", as photographers noticed her beauty and immediately became the center of attention world-wide over-night. Pictures of her with the "Be The Reds!" bandanna around her chest and the Korean flag used as a skirt were beamed around the world, and she received her 15 minutes of fame. Desiring to elongate that fame, she quickly signed a record deal with J-Entercom Entertainment (labelmates include WAX, JADU, Kim Gun-Mo, Lee Ssang, and Double K) and released her first album, Rendezvous, in the fall of 2002. Although going for the sexy image that was popular at the time (with the single "전화받어" (Answer The Phone) (a cover of a K.I.S.S. song, who were also signed to the label before their break-up), the album failed to sell many copies. She quickly disappeared from the industry but returned in the summer of 2004 with her second album Re:turn 2 Mina. This album proved to be a bit more popular, as her single "돌아" (Turn) caught the attention of the Korean public; it was also supported with live-vocal performances. (JiNi, the main singer from K.I.S.S., contributed uncredited vocals to Mina's album.^{[citation needed]}) Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... K-pop is an abbreviation for Korean popular music, specifically from South Korea (as there is practically no popular music industry in North Korea). ... Jamo redirects here. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Qualifying countries The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. ... Kiss (officially K.I.S.S., as to distinguish it from the rock band), was a Korean pop female trio. ...

Due to internal affairs with J-Entercom Entertainment^{[citation needed]}, Mina then left her first record company, and signed with EMI Korea for her third album. Her third album Kiss Kiss came in the fall of 2005 with an even sexier image. Mina trained in Europe in order to belly dance and made her music video for her title track there as well. The cover of the Turkish song, though, failed badly, with the album selling less than 10 000 copies. She has since released an English single for the European market, even going as far as making a MySpace page for the single. However, she has remained in Korea and promoted her poorly-received last single Fly High during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, a tribute to the competition that started her career. At the time, she also released a nude photo album to "inspire" the Korean athletes (note: contains censored picture). MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ... Qualifying countries The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th staging of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international association football world championship tournament. ...

Her fourth album is scheduled to be released in April[1].

Discography

Albums

Vol.1 Rendezvous [2002]

1. Intro
2. 일났어
3. 전화받어
4. 꿈*은 이루어진다
5. 월화수목금토일
6. Middletro
7. 버터플라이
8. 누가봐
9. 배 멋대로 하겠어
10. 문제야
11. 우연
12. 전화받아 (Old School Mix)

Vol.2 Re:Turn 2 Mina [2004]

1. Intro
2. 짱
3. 돌아 (Funky Mix)
4. 때로는
5. 비밀
6. 유혹
7. 후회
8. 미운오리
9. Tequila
10. 돌아 (Club Mix)
11. Outro

Vol.3 Kiss Kiss [2005]

1. Concept
2. Kiss Kiss
3. Waba (와바)
4. Fall In (My Sunshine)
5. Kill Mr.Bond
6. Istanbul
7. Red
8. Sweet Love
9. Oh Oh
10. Too Hot
11. Fake Love (거짓사랑)
12. Destino (운명)
13. Kiss Kiss (Hip Hop ver.)

Singles

Fly High [2006]

1. Fly High
2. Fly High (Remix)
3. Work It
4. Korea Ariba
5. Korea Ariba (TV Track)
6. Korea Ariba (Instrumental)

External links

• Mina profile in EPG, Korean
• Mina profile in empas, Korean
• Mina Official Cyworld Hompy, Korean
• Mina's MySpace, English
• Mina's homepage, English